Otaku Links: Gunpla, fujoshi and more

That’s right! I added a fourth column, though technically it’s just Otaku Links, the weekly linkspam post I did throughout 2010. Since I basically have to hang out on social media all day, I run across a lot of interesting things. I’d like to resume sharing them and I hope you’ll enjoy reading them, too!

1. On Beneath the Tangles, guest poster Hana wrote about cosplaying while being Muslim.

2. At Oishii Anime, Chii is blogging 366 Days of Anime School Uniforms. Today’s uniform is from Full Metal Panic.

3. MangaTherapy wrote a remarkable essay on the power of fujoshi in the otaku world. Though I don’t agree that otaku are always male and intrinsically opposed to fujoshi, I think he makes several good points about who holds economic power in the anime and manga world.

4. Proving that there is a Tumblr for every occasion, I present to you: Gunpla Problems. To prevent a few of these, I suggest browsing this Gunpla essentials list put together by redditor goodguydan.

5. Finally, the ultimate time waster: Double K, a comic that imagines Gurren Lagann as a buddy cop story.